T-Mobile to go truly unlimited? UPDATE: Officially confirmed

Sprint may have to revamp its marketing tag lines as it looks like T-Mobile may be joining the truly unlimited party. While the carrier currently has what we’ll call an “unlimited” plan, TmoNews has obtained a screenshot that shows a new plan coming down the pipe that will allow us to drop the quotes.

According to the photo, a new Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan will launch on September 5, 2012. The data feature can be added on for $30 for Classic Plan members or $20 for Value Plan customers.

This new plan will give subscribers unlimited 4G data with no caps and no throttling. It looks as though the only thing it doesn’t include is Mobile Hotspot. Those of you that need that will have to stick with the 5GB or 10GB plans instead.

If this turns out to be the real deal, it could attract a lot of people to T-Mobile – particularly those of us that use large amounts of data and don’t want to be bothered with constantly monitoring usage.

UPDATE: T-Mobile has confirmed the launch of this plan and provided us with the following graphic.

Not all people experience that. I have had T-Mobile n Minnesota, it is not that good. Many no signal locations and slow data(ie Edge). Also when traveling from Minnesota to Missouri coverage gets spotty as well. If you stick to major metro areas you will be ok but still have issues.

People continue to show its not all about price. Overage coverage and phone selection is important.

It all depends on where you live. I dont have spotty coverage. I lose signal in one part of one building while im at campus. Im in that spot once or twice a month. To save thousands over the life of the contract while retaining the same super speeds, I'll live with that... especially since I can use wifi-calling to counter act that.

Ya know... Tmobile offers a wifi calling app in the Play store that anyone with any carrier can use. That's pretty generous of them. I have AT&T and I downloaded it just in case I'm in an area with no coverage, but wifi only. The only thing is that it pops up a random # on caller id's when I call from it. It's never the same # twce.

I havent looked at it, but i dont think that's the same one thats built into t-mobile phones. The one on the phones doesnt change the #'s at all and it works flawlessly and automatically. If you look around XDA you may find a ROM for your phone that has it built in. I think you can also install it from the CWM boot screen, but it doesnt install right if you try to install it like a normal app.

me? I worked for Tmobile corporate. I no longer work there. Wifey is making enough money so I can hit school full time and finish up. Full time student now. :) Sorry, I didnt realize I need to make an official announcement of that fact.

ahem..
"Everyone, Listen up...Hear ye, Hear ye.... Remix is now a full time student to finish his degree and is no longer working in the cell business. In fact, he's been out of the business for over a month and didnt think it was the world's business that wasnt on a friends list of some sort. His bad. Now please go back to your regularly scheduled board arguments!"

I'm on a regular plan just like everyone. When I was on an employee plan we had true unlimited anyways with unlimited tethering. We were using about 20-30 gigs a month between 2 phones. We've scaled it back to 5 gigs a piece and stopped tethering so much which sucks. This new plan solves the issue :)

We looked hard at going back to VZW.. but we found no reason to. There wasnt one compelling reason to switch carriers. My service truely is good, the speeds we get are very good, and the price is still the best in the industry. If it wasnt for the family plan being ever so slightly cheaper (and less of a pain than remembering a handful of individual prepay payment dates) from everyone's use, I'd be on the $30 unl text/web w 100min prepay plan.

yes, I have friends that work at VZW and always have the latest gadgets. When LTE first came out, I would beat them pretty regularly in speed tests with 21mb/s HSPA+. They would get 4-8mb while Id get like 3-15mb/s. VZW has gotten faster though. They see 20's more regularly than I've seen 20's on Tmobile (though it does happen quite often). On 42mb/s HSPA+ i see anywhere from 3-31(highest I remember) and on VZW Ive seen like 3-37ish.

The trick of the whole thing is.. it doesnt matter.

For a normal user anything in the double digits aka 10+ is instant on a cell phone. Hell, most people dont get 10+mb/s on their home internet connection. Most apps are a few MB in size, and all streaming/browser usage is pretty instant. The phone cant do anything more with 30mb/s than it can with 10mb/s. The only time that really comes in handy is if your doing heavy tethering like your streaming HD netflix on your big screen from your PC or something.. while doing other things on the net through tethering at the same time.

The biggest difference between LTE and HSPA+ right now? Bragging rights to say that you have "LTE". Oh, and knowing that you are paying more for what is essentially the same speeds as someone on Tmobile who pays 30%+ less. If Tmobile doesnt work in your area, then VZW is the next best choice for speed since they have the best coverage. But if your in a metro area that gets both services quite well, then your wasting your money by staying on VZW. If you dont travel to areas where VZW has coverage and others dont, your paying a lot of extra for no real benefit.

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they wont be able to afford the iphone at their current pricing. It would have to spike up to cover the subsidies. However, with them refarming the 1900mhz spectrum to HSPA+, they are/will be world compatible which means you can just go buy an unlocked iphone and grab Tmobile's prepaid plans to save even more money and it will still be 3g/4g. Unlike other carriers, Tmobile gives you the whole network as a prepaid instead of just parts. You just dont get the roaming with ATT, so you have to look out for that.
If you dont call a lot, the $30 unl text/5gig 4g w/ 100 mins is the best deal going.

They are supposed to be done by the end of 2012 and all of the old "edge" 1900 should be converted to HSPA+. Theyve been really quick about their 4g upgrades so far, so lets hope that continues with this. Havent heard anything specific in quite a while though.

The news and evidence was spread around before the announcement. T-Mobile just didn't officially announce it until a few months ago, so yeah, I've been waiting for a long time. Maybe not for the whole refarming to finish, but at least finish in my area.

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